Leviticus 4:31
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the Lord; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
Cross-reference
Leviticus 4:8-10 shows the same fat removal for the priest's sin offering, establishing the pattern used here for the common person.
Leviticus 4:19 describes the identical fat burning for the ruler's sin offering, mirroring this ritual for the commoner.
Leviticus 4:26 is the parallel instruction for the ruler's sin offering, with the same wording about burning fat and atonement.
Leviticus 4:35 gives the same instructions for a lamb offering, showing consistency across animal types in the sin offering.
Leviticus 4:24 details the same procedure for a leader's sin offering — laying hands and slaughtering at the same location — showing consistent ritual.
Leviticus 3:3-5 details the peace offering fat burning that this sin offering explicitly imitates.
Leviticus 3:5 describes burning the fat of the peace offering as a sweet aroma, the same action performed for the sin offering in Leviticus 4:31.
Leviticus 3:9-11 provides the peace offering fat removal for a lamb, the pattern referenced here for the sin offering.
Leviticus 3:14-16 gives the peace offering fat burning for a goat, directly matching the source of this ritual.
Leviticus 3:16 declares that all fat belongs to the Lord, explaining why the fat of the sin offering is burned on the altar.
Leviticus 5:10 shows that a bird sin offering also results in atonement and forgiveness, mirroring the outcome here for a lamb offering.
Leviticus 5:13 confirms that even a flour sin offering brings atonement and forgiveness, just as this lamb offering does.
Leviticus 15:15 prescribes a sin offering for bodily discharges, directly paralleling the sin offering structure and atonement result here.
Leviticus 1:4 shows hand-laying for atonement in burnt offerings, paralleling the sin offering's atonement here but with a different offering type.
Leviticus 17:6 instructs burning fat on the altar for peace offerings, similar to the fat burning here but with different blood handling.
Leviticus 6:7 concludes the guilt offering with atonement and forgiveness — the same result as this sin offering, though for a different trespass.
Leviticus 12:7 describes atonement after childbirth, achieving cleansing and forgiveness — parallel to the sin offering's purpose here.
Psalm 40:6 contrasts sharply by stating God does not desire sacrifice, directly challenging the sin offering system in Leviticus 4:31.
Psalm 51:16 similarly states God does not delight in burnt offering, a strong contrast to the required sacrifice in Leviticus 4:31.
Psalm 51:17 contrasts the external sin offering with the internal sacrifice of a broken heart — God desires contrition over ritual.
Isaiah 53:10 presents the suffering servant as a guilt offering — prefiguring Christ's sacrifice that fulfills the sin offering typology.
Ephesians 5:2 explicitly calls Christ's self-giving a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God — directly echoing the pleasing aroma of the sin offering.
Hebrews 9:12 contrasts Christ's eternal redemption through his own blood with the temporary animal blood of Leviticus 4:31.
Hebrews 9:14 emphasizes Christ's unblemished offering purifying the conscience — contrasting with the ceremonial purification of animal sacrifices.
Hebrews 10:12 contrasts the repetitive sin offerings with Christ's single sacrifice for all time, seated at God's right hand.
Hebrews 10:14 contrasts the incomplete OT sacrifices with Christ's one sacrifice perfecting forever those being sanctified.
Exodus 29:13 gives the same instruction to burn the fat on the altar, showing the consistent ritual for offerings.
In Isaiah 43:24, God laments that Israel did not bring the fat of sacrifices, contrasting with the sweet savor of the fat burned here.